330 results for “Main”
The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration has made it mandatory for sweet shops and manufacturing establishments in the state to display a use-by date for sweets, including loose sweets, from 15 October 2026. The order applies to sweets sold in loose form and to sweets prepared in manufacturing units across Uttar Pradesh.
The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying is launching a Livestock Insurance Portal on 28 September 2026 in New Delhi. The portal is designed as a single digital platform for livestock insurance under the Livestock Insurance Scheme, with functions for policy issuance, claim processing, monitoring, and reporting.
India’s first LNG-powered train was flagged off on 27 September 2026 from Sabarmati Railway Station in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The train uses a diesel-plus-LNG dual-fuel system and runs with two 1,400 HP Driving Power Cars converted at the Sabarmati Integrated Coaching Depot.
The CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) launched five popular science magazines in Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, and Assamese on 26 September 2026. The launch was held on the 85th Foundation Day of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the magazines are designed to carry science communication content in Indian languages.
India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) formally launched negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) through a Joint Statement signed on 24 February 2026 in New Delhi. The Joint Statement was signed by India’s Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, and GCC Secretary General, Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi. The Terms of Reference for the FTA were signed on 5 February 2026 and set the framework for the negotiations.
India’s federal power ministry issued a directive on 25 September 2026 for more than 100 captive coal-fired power plants to maximise generation from 1 October to 31 December 2026. The order applies to captive plants with an installed capacity of at least 50 megawatts and uses emergency powers under Section 11 of the Electricity Act.
Rishabh Das set a new Indian national record in the men’s 200m backstroke on 25 September 2026 at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The 19-year-old swimmer recorded 1:58.77 in the final and finished sixth. He improved his own previous national record of 1:59.84, which he had set earlier in 2026.
Project Suncatcher is a Google research initiative announced in November 2025 to test artificial intelligence computing infrastructure in space. The first prototype satellite, named MVP, is scheduled for launch on 1 October 2026 into low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-18 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
INS Sudarshini, the Indian Navy’s sail training ship, arrived at Alexandria in Egypt on 23 September 2026 during the Lokayan 26 transoceanic expedition. The port call was the ship’s second visit to Alexandria during the same deployment.
Abhiram Singh Yadav, Chairman of Persatuan Cricket Indonesia, was elected to an Associate Member position on the International Cricket Council Chief Executives’ Committee on 24 September 2026. He won one of the three seats reserved for Associate Member representatives and will serve until the next elections at the ICC Annual Conference in June 2027.
INS Trishul (F43), a guided missile frigate of the Indian Navy, arrived at the Toulon naval base in France on 22 September 2026 for the 24th edition of the India-France bilateral maritime exercise Varuna. The exercise series began in 1983 and received the name “Varuna” in 2001.
The Supreme Court Collegium approved the appointment of 12 additional judges as permanent judges in four High Courts on 23 September 2026. The recommendation covered the High Courts of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, and Gauhati.